The production of ammonia from atmospheric dinitrogen at room temperature and ambient pressure in analogy to nature is a long-term goal for coordination chemists. Novel reactions of N2-containing transition metal complexes with H2, the first side-on N2-bridged structure of an actinide complex, and an interesting variation of synthetic N2 fixation are the key points addressed in this contribution. The results are related to the known chemistry of N2 complexes, and their significance is discussed with respect to enzymatic N2 fixation.
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Tuczek et al. (1998) studied this question.